Dating Younger Women: Why It'll End Badly

Warning: Dating Younger Women Will Drive You Insane

So you’re thinking about dating younger women, or just one? We don’t blame you. We’ve all thought about it. Many of us have even followed through with it. Here’s the thing though: As hot as she is, and as fun as she may seem, it’s not worth it. Relationships with younger women have a way of ending badly.

Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva are the most current pop culture examples of how dating younger women is an endeavour that will end badly. Gibson left his wife of 28 years for a younger exotic sexpot, but instead of finding fulfillment, he may have destroyed his life. Now, obviously Gibson has bigger problems than his attraction to younger women — like being a raving lunatic, for example — but he’s not the only celebrity who’s been burned by a May-December relationship. Remember Ronnie Wood, the Rolling Stones guitarist who, in his early 60s, left his wife for a 20-something Russian model? That didn’t end so well either.

Because she’s not a fresh start

One of the mistakes older guys often make is assuming that older women have emotional hang-ups and younger women don’t. Such men are enticed by the seeming innocence and purity of the younger woman. They think that because she’s never had her heart broken she won’t have intimacy issues. They think that because she’s years away from turning 40 she won’t constantly remind him about her biological clock. These men are wrong.

Every woman has baggage. Further, younger women are likely to have issues that older women have outgrown. For example, because of their comparative inexperience when it comes to relationships, younger women are more likely to be needy and insecure.

Because she’s in it for the wrong reasons

Before you start entertaining the idea of dating younger women, ask yourself this: How come when you were 27 you couldn’t get a girl like the blond bombshell who now seems so interested in you? How is it that now, 10 or 20 years later, when you’re older and probably worse looking, that you can score the hottest woman you’ve ever dated? What’s different about you?

Here’s a hint: When you were young, you were poor. Now you’re not. Yes, it’s a bit crude, but there’s some truth to it. Younger women are often attracted to the security that older men can provide them. Maybe at first you won’t mind exchanging money for sex, but if you develop feelings for the girl you’ll become less and less comfortable with her insincerity and her materialism.

Don’t worry, we have more reasons why dating younger women will end badly…